Produce Safety Educators Call #27 October 2, 2017 Instructions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Produce Safety Educator’s Call #27 October 2, 2017

Instructions  All participants are muted.  There will be time for questions and answers throughout the meeting. – We may not get around to all comments/questions, BUT you may leave additional comments in the comment box to be compiled after the session.  This session will be recorded and notes will be shared via the listserv and on our website after the call. 3

Agenda  State Produce Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) – Stephen Hughes, Team Lead FDA produce Safety Network – Bob Ehart, Senior Policy & Science Advisor, NASDA  PSA Updates 4

Produce Safety State Cooperative Agreement Program 5

Questions & Discussion 6

Online L Launch: 6 6/20/17

Survey for L Local F Food P Prod oducer cers- Growers, Processors, Food Aggregators • Size of operation by gross income • Location by state • Types of produce and food products • Self-Identities (Limited Resources, Socially Disadvantaged, Veteran, ect.) • Food safety trainings attended • Record keeping • Food safety practices • Limitations to implementing food safety • Motivations to learn about food safety & how people prefer to learn

Same examples: Open Ended Questions.... “Is there anything else you need?” “Resources and information for the small farm. Most training is for larger scale farms and cannot be applied to the small farm.” “Food safe material that may not be labeled, proper cleaning and sanitizing of common processing machinery, specific active agent recommendations (chlorine, PAA, etc)......" “Specific sanitation procedures for delicate produce that cannot be subject to agitation such as microgreens.” “Direct guidance on how to request from suppliers proof that they used a validated process, map directory of CA suppliers that comply with a validated process .”

Th Than anks!

PSA Updates

Recent FDA Announcements  Small Entity Compliance Guide (9/5/17)  Water Test Methods (9/11/17)  Proposed Rule: Extension of Compliance Dates for Subpart E (9/13/17) • Comment period closes Nov. 13, 2017  FDA Commissioner Addresses State Agriculture Commissioners – Announcement: Inspections will not begin until 2019 (9/12/17) 12

Summits – Additional Soil Summits – South Central: Dec. 12-13, 2017 – Houston, TX - Registration – Southeastern: Jan. 21-22, 2018 – Atlanta, GA – More details coming soon! – Water Summit – Working with FDA on details and scope of this meeting, very preliminary stages of planning – Likely in the February-March 2018 time frame – Location, TBD

PSA Materials  Currently working on Version 2.0 of PSA curriculum  Updates include: – Correction of typos – Clarification of PSR requirements or section symbols – New resources & references  No date set yet, but hoping to make new version available in time for winter grower trainings along with V 1.0 change log  Materials now available in English (3-hold punched) & Spanish (bound)  Bookstore Link: https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/resources/grower-and-train- trainer-manual-order-request-form  Public download: https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/resources/grower-training- manual-links 14

Online Grower Training Course – Working towards goal of early 2018 launch – Currently testing Module 2 with growers, collaborators, and regulators to ensure current approach including structure, interactive components, and content review features are effective and acceptable to participants.

Next Meeting  Tentative : Monday Dec. 4, 2017, 2 PM EST  Meeting info to be sent out via the listserv closer to the time of the call  Submit other topics for discussion to Gretchen (glw53@cornell.edu) 16

The PSA Website http://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/ • Like us on Facebook! • Or Follow us on Twitter! @Produce _Safety Join the listserv Elizabeth A. Bihn , Ph.D ., Director, eab38@cornell.edu, 315.787.2625 Gretchen L Wall, M.S. , Coordinator, glw53@cornell.edu, 607.255.6806 17